Q: Felipe, same question for you. How has life changed over the last year now that you’re a Ferrari driver?
Felipe MASSA: It definitely changed a lot. When you become a Ferrari driver, you are really much more in the media, under pressure, so I think that’s normal. All of the drivers who became Ferrari drivers made a big change in terms of visibility, but I think that’s nice, it means you’re doing a good job and I’m quite happy with my championship anyway, and quite happy to be part of the Ferrari family. Q: More pressure for you this weekend?
FM: No, no. The pressure is on this guy on my left (Alonso), so no problem. And on Michael as well.
Q: How do you see your role this weekend?
FM: Well, I will try to do the best I can during the race. It’s definitely a dream for me to be here and having a competitive car, so I’m going to do my best to do a good qualifying and try to do the best I can during the race and help the team, even if it has become a little bit more difficult, it’s still possible to win the championship and we are going to do the best we can to help the team as well.
Q: What’s the atmosphere like within the team?
FM: The atmosphere is fine, so for sure after the last race, which was a little bit disappointing for us - the result - but in the same direction, this is motor racing. It can happen and we just need to be focused on this race and try to do the best we can. We did our best in the last race as well, but unfortunately we were not very lucky, especially Michael, but that’s motor racing.
Q: Are there engine worries within the team?
FM: No, no because what happened was definitely not supposed to happen, so it was really unexpected, nobody expected that. It just happened. We never had this kind of a problem during the testing, during the year, so it just happened, but we are not worried for this race, in terms of the engine. |